Charlie De Voet

BIO | SELECTED WORKS

Charlie De Voet researches the interplay between painting and sculpture, where he experiments with texture, shape and colour. He’s exploring the tension between the figurative and abstract and how perception and imagination can complement and challenge each other.

By creating temporary series that interact with each other, the space and the audience, his constellations form rhythmic units with their own logic, message or poetry. Recently, he focuses on paint as matter, exploring the effects of excessive layering. His monochrome paintings, with subtle transitions from dark to light and painted wet in wet painted with oil paint, emerge from an intensive process that De Voet describes as ‘almost meditative’.

The simplicity in his work provides a counterpoint to the abundance of stimuli in the world. These paintings create a space for reflection and invite the viewer to experience the power of simplicity and the depth of matter to experience.

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Charlie De Voet
°1977
Lives and works in Ronse (BE)

Education

Master degree in Fine Arts - The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent – graduated with distinction (2007)

Selected exhibitions

2024
WANDELGANGEN / group show / Fred&Ferry Gallery / Antwerp (BE)
BEST REGARDS / duo show with Giacomo Feltrinelli / Spazio DISPLAY / Parma (IT)
SUMMER SHOW / group show / BARBÉ / Ghent (BE)
SANDER BUYCK & CHARLIE DE VOET / duo show curated by Tineke Schuurmans / Hilvaria Studio's Foundation / Hilvarenbeek (NL)
OOIDONK ART FESTIVAL / group exhibition / Hoeve 'Goed te Réables' / Bachte-Maria-Leerne (BE)
WORKS ON PAPER / group show / BARBÉ / Ghent (BE)
ART ROTTERDAM / solo booth / BARBÉ / Rotterdam (NL)
BALLROOM PROJECT / duo show with Willem Boel at Antwerp Art / BARBÉ / Antwerp (BE)
LA GRANDE BOUFFE / group exhibition / BARBÉ / Ghent (BE)

2023
<____> (Larger than, smaller than) / group show / BARBÉ / Ghent (BE)
CLOSE-ENCOUNTERS / group exhibition / Kwaremont (BE)
BOOM TIMPANI! / group exhibition / St.Art53 Gallery / Scheldewindeke (BE)
BARBÉ x KETELEER / group exhibition / Dr. De Beirwoning by Huub Hoste / Knokke (BE)
ART ROTTERDAM / duo presentation with Joost Pauwaert / BARBÉ / Rotterdam (NL)
IN MEDIAS RES / BARBÉ / Ghent (BE)
LA PRIMAVERA / Archipel / Otegem (BE)
EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)

2022
AND LO, SLO MO AUTO BANG / solo exhibition / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
ART ON PAPER / Vanderborght Building / Brussels (BE)
MAGELLAN / Barbé Urbain / Knokke (BE)
BALLROOM PROJECT / Antwerp (BE)
WORKS ON PAPER / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
1.1 MILLION POUNDS / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
HET OOR / Bruthaus / Waregem (BE)

2021
SLOW COLOURS FAST SHOW / solo exhibition / Art Gallery De Wael 15 / Antwerp (BE)
LET’S GET OUT ART FESTIVAL / Kasteel Ooidonk & Hoeve / Ooidonk (BE)
PASS 2021 / Huise-Mullem-Wannegem-Lede (BE)
XL / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
SALON D’O’ / Thermae Palace / Ostend (BE)
OVIDOR / Avee Gallery / Kortrijk (BE)
YELLOW ARCHANGEL: PERCEIVING ANOMALIES / General Practice / Lincoln (UK)

2020
EAT MAKE SLEEP REPEAT / solo exhibition / Art Gallery De Wael 15 / Antwerp (BE)
ARE(N)A / Kusseneers Gallery / Brussels (BE)
SPIRIT / RUIMTE P60 / Assen (NL)
STAYCATION / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
SALON DES ARTISTES / Gevaertsdreef 01 / Ronse (BE)
ONTRAFELINGEN / Curated by Parce Art Initiative / St-Amanduskapel, Ghent (BE)
SUMMER 2020 / Art Gallery De Wael 15 / Antwerp (BE)
ROOMS / Group show curated by Subsidiary Projects / London (UK)

2019
Charlie De Voet X Mark Manders / duo show / Gevaertsdreef01 / Oudenaarde (BE)
FOUDROYÉ / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)
RE-SEARCH / Rivoli Building / Brussels (BE)
ABSTRACT PRICELESS PAINTED THOUGHTS / curated by Fred Michiels / Oude St-Martinuspastorie / Westmalle (BE)
NIGHT VISION / CAS (Contemporary Art Platform) / Ostend (BE)

2018
THE EDGE / Art Platform Zebrastraat / Ghent (BE)
GROTE PRIJS ERNEST ALBERT 2018 / Cultuurcentrum / Mechelen (BE)
KASTELEN & COLLATERAL EVENTS / Kastelenroute / Zottegem (BE)
SEVERITY OF A SALTY SURGE / Barbé Urbain / Ghent (BE)

2017
Selected Works / solo exhibition / Muntpunt Grand Café / Brussels (BE)
Charlie De Voet / solo exhibition / CC De Ververij / Ronse (BE)
MUZIEKBOS I / CC De Ververij / Ronse (BE)
YÜGEN #02 / curated by Jan Hoet Jr. / Ferdinand Lousbergskaai 21 / Ghent (BE)
(RE)PUBLIEK / Kunst & Zwalm / Michelbeke (BE)
POP-UP EXPOSITION & AUCTION / Galerie D’Apostrof / Benefit Internet Auction - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens / Deurle (BE)
TIEN OM TE ZIEN / curated by Karel Thienpont / Gevaertsdreef.01 / Oudenaarde (BE)
A LUMP IN THE THROAT / occ Bossenaere - Poesthem / Etikhove (Maarkedal) (BE)

2016
WE ARE HERE AND THIS IS THAT / solo exhibition / Galerie D'Apostrof / Meigem (BE)
LANDSCAPE PRIZE MICHEL DEPYPERE / St-Michielskerk / Kuurne (BE)

2015
This Must Be Constellation 89 / solo exhibition / SECONDroom DOKsite / Ghent (BE)
DRAWING PRIZE RONSE / CC De Ververij / Ronse (BE)
ART PRIZE FOR ABSTRACT PAINTING / CC Zwaneberg / Heist-Op-Den-Berg (BE)
RED CROSS ART CONTEST / TIO3 / Ronse (BE)
KUNST VOOR NEPAL / Vooruit / Ghent (BE)

2010-2013
<< I N T E R L U D E (artistic time-out) >>

2010
ESPACE LADDA #6 / SHARE – St-Pietersnieuwstraat 21 / Ghent (BE)
OPEN ATELIERS NUCLEO VZW (ISM ABATTOIR D'AMIS) / Lindenlei / Ghent (BE)
LABORATOIRES GARNIS / CinePalace / Kortrijk (BE)
ART&TEA / Tom's Factory / Anzegem (BE)

2009
DRAWING PRIZE RONSE / CC De Brouwerij / Ronse (BE)
KORTRIJK INGEBLIKT / Broelmuseum / Kortrijk (BE)
ABATTOIR D'AMIS I & II – Oud slachthuis / Atelier Tibet / Ghent (BE)

2008
OVER THE HEDGE # 02 / Verbeke Foundation / Kemzeke (BE)
EXPO COMPAGNIE DEROVER (art collective) / Ghent (BE)
PRIZE FRANS VAN DER CAMMEN / KK Soetendaele / Merchtem (BE)
PRIJZEN VAN MEISE / GC De Muze / Meise (BE)
DE MENS ART PRIZE / CC Zwaneberg / Heist-Op-Den-Berg (BE)

2007
OVER THE HEDGE # 01 / Academy of Fine Arts / Tian Jing, China
TOONMOMENT / De Branderij / Antwerp (BE)
EXIT / Kunsttoren / Ghent (BE)
KNIVE2, KUNST IUVENTALE / Koetsenhuis / Geraardsbergen (BE)
GRADUATES EXPOSITION / William Wauters Gallery / Oosteeklo (BE)

2006
TOONMOMENT / Entrance hall Conservatorium / Ghent (BE)

2005
PANORAMA PROJECT GHENT / central square “De Cirk” / ZebraStraat / Ghent (BE)

Selections / Nominations / Honourable Mentions / Prizes

Grote Prijs Ernest Albert - Honourable Mention (2018)
Landscape Prize Michel Depypere - Third prize (2016)
Drawing Prize Ronse – Honourable Mention (2015), Selection (2009, 2013)
Art Prize for Abstract Painting - Selection (2015)
Red Cross Art Contest - Selection (2015)
Prize Frans Van Der Cammen – Prize for Young Talent (2008)
De Prijzen van Meise – Nomination (2008)
De Mens Art Prize – Selection (2008)